Look at how we as Americans voted.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/presidential-election-map-2012_n_2036265.html

In case you don't know what the colors mean.  Blue is Dem.   Red is Rep.
Gold being the states that decided the election for our President.    Three
key states decided the whole thing.   Yes that is a simple way to state it.